On October 14 - 17, 2014 the SIGMA advisory mission with the participation of the former director of Federal Academy of Public Administration of the Federal Republic of Germany Anke Freibert. former Minister of Interior Affairs, Minister of Public Administration of the Republic of Slovenia Gregor Virant, senior advisor of the SIGMA programme responsible for public administration and civil service issues Wojciech Zielinski took place in Ukraine.
On October 14, 2014 at the premises of the National Agency of Ukraine on Civil Service within the framework of the SIGMA advisory mission the working meeting regarding considering the new draft Law of Ukraine “On Civil Service” was held.
During the working meeting the Head of the National Agency of Ukraine on Civil Service Kostiantyn Vashchenko presented the concept of civil service development based on the new legislation in the area of civil service, in particular the draft Law of Ukraine “On Civil Service”.
Among the principle innovations of the draft law above mentioned are considered to be allocations of political and administrative positions as well as regulation of the civil servant’s status, exceptionally competitive selection on the civil service and guarantee of equal access to the civil service, combination of the system of rewards with the performance assessment as well as the objective arguments for the civil service career, enhancing personal responsibilities for duties fulfillment and creation conditions for transparent activity of government authorities.
At the same time the senior advisor of the SIGMA Programme Wojciech Zielinski presented comments to the draft law above mentioned and touched upon the issues of civil servants’ remuneration, the system of civil service management, authorities of the Commission on Senior Civil Service as well as the issues of transparent mechanisms of civil service promotion.
SIGMA programme experts, experts and the RTA of the Twinning project «Support to Civil Service Development in Ukraine», representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine, National Agency of Ukraine on Civil Service, members of the Expert Advisory Board on Civil Service Reform to the EU standards and the National Agency of Ukraine on Civil Service took part in the SIGMA advisory mission.
Director of the Center for Adaptation of the Civil Service to the Standards of the European Union Maryna Kanavets, the Head of the Expert Advisory Unit Ivan Roshchyn, Deputy Head of the Projects Management Unit Serhiy Kopan and the Head of Personnel Record Division Oleksandr Kalynovsky attended the meetings.
For reference: the SIGMA programme (Support for Improvement in Governance and Management) – is considered to be one of the most prestigious analytical centers of the European Union. It was organized with the initiative of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development and the European Union. The goal of the programme establishment was to support the countries of the Central and Eastern Europe in improving the system of public administration. The programme above mentioned plays the key role in preparation the candidate countries to the European Union accession.
Support of the SIGMA programme in the area of modernization of public administration can be carried out by mens of:
- administrative structures analysis;
- development and implementation of administrative system reforms;
- analysis of the draft laws and programmes suggested;
- training organization and information;
- preparation of technical assistance action plans.
